Imagine You're an Iranian Revolutionary Guard- April 30, 2008 Imagine you're in the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. It's a pretty lonely thing to be. If your family looks like Iran, only 310ths of your relatives is happy with your career choice. And you've got all sorts of people...http://www.snappingturtle.net/jmc/tmblog/archives/006352.html Best Recent Quote- April 20, 2008 From Jerry Pournelle talking about Vista, "Poor Microsoft. They can't even do operating systems any more..." HT: Instapundit...http://www.snappingturtle.net/jmc/tmblog/archives/006350.html Earthquake Blogging- April 18, 2008 I slept through last night's midwest quake but my wife woke up. I'll get it this morning as I am in charge of writing up our nonexistent office disaster recovery plan that's supposed to complement our pretty good data center...http://www.snappingturtle.net/jmc/tmblog/archives/006349.html The Bar Got Raised- April 14, 2008 Reading through an analysis of the recent push in Sadr City I found myself unexpectedly not excited. Of course the Iraqi government is going to push through and not give up, of course they're going to have the staying power...http://www.snappingturtle.net/jmc/tmblog/archives/006348.html Lag Times- April 11, 2008 It took me about 5 seconds to figure out that Basra was a sort of "final exam" for the Iraqi army. Were they ready to fight It took me about 2 days to come up with my answer, "yes they...http://www.snappingturtle.net/jmc/tmblog/archives/006347.html Reducing Deployment Terms- April 11, 2008 I heard on the radio yesterday that President Bush is reducing deployment terms back down to 12 months. That's a good step to reduce the strain on our military, one that I've been hoping to hear about for awhile. The...http://www.snappingturtle.net/jmc/tmblog/archives/006346.html Hitting the Wall- April 1, 2008 I support the war, have from the beginning. Unfortunately, we've gone past the line as to what we're trying to do with the resources we have. So far as I understand matters, we just don't have enough of a handle...http://www.snappingturtle.net/jmc/tmblog/archives/006345.html |